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# horizontal

adjective (horizontal); noun (the horizontal, horizontals)

«horizontal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Flat and level, going straight from side to side, parallel to the ground or the horizon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#m1)
2. (maths) A horizontal line goes across the page, from left to right, like the x-axis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#m2)
3. The horizontal is a horizontal line or position. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths (lines, graphs, axes, symmetry), science (levels, spirit levels) and art. It tells the reader which way something lies. Phrases: horizontal line, horizontal axis, horizontal and vertical.

### Examples

- Draw a horizontal line across the page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x1)
- The x-axis on a graph is horizontal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x2)
- The water in a glass stays horizontal even when you tip it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x3)
- A shelf must be horizontal or things will roll off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x4)
- Vertical lines go up and down, horizontal lines go across. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x5)
- The gymnast held her body horizontal on the bar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: vertical (up and down). Adverb: horizontally. Memory trick: horizontal is like the horizon, flat across. Maths: a horizontal line of symmetry splits a shape into top and bottom halves.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «horizontal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«horizontal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horizontal.html) on Mova free.